But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that these ideas are not as culture-specific as is sometimes claimed. We need not begin with pessimism, at least on this ground, about the prospects of reasoned humanism in the world.


The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity (ed. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013) - ISBN: 9781466854291

Amartya Sen Quotes

But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that...

But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that...

But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that...

But once we recognize that many ideas that are taken to be quintessentially Western have also flourished in other civilizations, we also see that...